Greenlife Energy gives power back to the people
Nestled under the watchful eye of the Niagara Escarpment, Del Ridge Homes and GreenLife Energy don’t just talk about the latest in green building technology, they back it up with practical real-world solutions.
On May 8th, Del Ridge Homes’ executives flipped the switch on Canada’s largest private residential 250,000 watt solar array, producing electrical power for the families of the new Del Ridge Homes GreenLife Downtown Milton 160-unit condominium, 383 Main Street East. Thanks to its ‘net-zero’ energy standards, the building carries the unique designation as Canada’s most eco-friendly condominium. And with the new solar array atop GreenLife Downtown Milton, the residents boast the lowest condo fees in the country – compared to industry norms, the condo fees are approximately one-third, and that’s reduced even further when the income created by the green energy stream is taken into account.
When it comes to environmentally sustainable building practices, it’s something many companies profess to champion, but few deliver. Until now. In Downtown Milton, Del Ridge is delivering on its promise of a building, which is revolutionary and evolutionary as well. In an industry full of empty promises, token efforts and greenwashing, Del Ridge Homes and GreenLife Energy are the first and only firms in Canada dedicated to substantive and meaningful change through their commitment to arriving at a “net positive” energy standard. Taking what it’s learned from the initial GreenLife Energy projects and making each subsequent project even better, their next project currently being released – GreenLife West-Side condos
at 6810 Main Street West in Milton – promises to set a new benchmark in innovation, expanding the horizons of eco-friendly and renewable energy buildings to its furthest point yet.
Through the use of the welldeveloped proprietary EnerBuild 7000e building system, Del Ridge and GreenLife Energy are employing the latest technologies in conservation, energy generation and monitoring at GreenLife West-Side.
This mid-rise 148 unit residential condominium boasts some of the world’s most technologically advanced building systems, making it a perfect combination of energy efficiency and space. Use of Geothermal, Wind and Solar energy make GreenLife West-Side condos not just the choice for now but the trend for the future, allowing residents to take advantage of a condo lifestyle that is nestled among orchards, walking trails and the quaint surroundings of Milton. All combined with low condo fees created by Greenlife’s industry-leading ‘net-zero’ energy standard.
The real cutting-edge aspect about GreenLife West-Side condos is that, along with other Del Ridge Homes projects in the future, it will be tied to another innovation: the GreenLife Energy wind farm in Southern Ontario, which will produce more renewable, clean energy than the building will ever need. From the ideological impetus, to the technological infrastructure, to its realization in the form of ‘net-zero’ energy standards where we live and work: Del Ridge and GreenLife Energy are not only influencing the present, they’re shaping the future. A future that is revolutionary in its scope and vision. The vision of a better tomorrow, shared by Del Ridge Homes, GreenLife Energy, and the families that call GreenLife home.